FSCT 18 Group B
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Feb 2026 to 14 Feb 2026 in Tripoli, Libya. Top 10 Elo average was 1753, and top seed was Hamdi Gaith Alagouri (🇱🇾 LBA, 1835).
Koni Mohamed Arafa (🇱🇾 LBA, 1799) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Abdulrahman Mohamed W. Zghwan (7.5) and Hamza Mohamed Aldabar (6.0). Arafa won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Hamza K. M. Fituri (1589) beat Hamza Mohamed Aldabar (1775), a +186-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsKoni Mohamed Arafa led from R3 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
Koni Mohamed Arafa never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Koni Mohamed Arafa opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Abdulrahman Mohamed W. Zghwan); the title is out of reach before R9.
Koni Mohamed Arafa beat Abdulrahman Mohamed W. Zghwan (White).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇱🇾Arafa, Koni Mohamed | 1799 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.5 | 33.50 | 35.5 | +67.6 | 2192 |
| 2 | 🇱🇾Zghwan, Abdulrahman Mohamed W. | 1772 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 26.75 | 36.5 | +110.0 | 2024 |
| 3 | 🇱🇾Aldabar, Hamza Mohamed | 1775 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 18.00 | 38.0 | +24.0 | 1875 |
| 4 | 🇱🇾Zgeta, Faisal Mohamed | 1731 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 13.75 | 39.0 | +16.2 | 1798 |
| 5 | 🇱🇾Fituri,Hamza K. M. | 1589 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | — | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 17.75 | 40.0 | +75.2 | 1769 |
| 6 | 🇱🇾Alagouri, Hamdi Gaith | 1835 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 9.00 | 41.0 | -52.0 | 1619 |
| 10 | 🇱🇾MABRUK TAGIURI, MOEZ RAGHEB | 1741 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 0 | 0 | ½ | 2.5 | 10.00 | 41.5 | -72.8 | 1588 |
| 9 | 🇱🇾Yousef Khalifa J. Keshlaf | 1785 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | — | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 7.50 | 41.5 | -67.2 | 1628 |
| 7 | 🇱🇾Franika, Khaled mahmoud | 1757 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | 2.5 | 7.00 | 41.5 | -40.8 | 1586 |
| 8 | 🇱🇾Zarrough, Abdulmotaleb A. | 1745 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 2.5 | 6.75 | 41.5 | -37.6 | 1588 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Zghwan, Abdulrahman Mohamed W.LBA+110.07.5 pts · #2
- 2Fituri,Hamza K. M.LBA+75.24.0 pts · #5
- 3Arafa, Koni MohamedLBA+67.68.5 pts · #1
- 1MABRUK TAGIURI, MOEZ RAGHEBLBA-72.82.5 pts · #10
- 2Yousef Khalifa J. KeshlafLBA-67.22.5 pts · #9
- 3Alagouri, Hamdi GaithLBA-52.03.0 pts · #6
- R4+186 Elo gap
- R9+156 Elo gap
- R5+104 Elo gap